# creu
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkɾɛw]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈkɾəw]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkɾew]
* Rhymes: -ɛw

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan creu, from older crou (via dissimilation), from Latin crucem. Cf. the evolution of veu (“voice”).

#### Noun

creu f (plural creus)
* cross
* (heraldry) cross
* withers

##### Derived terms

* creu ansada
* creu de Lorena
* creu grega
* creu llatina
* creu papal
* Creu Roja
* creuar
* creuera
* creueta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

creu
* inflection of creure:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* “creu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “creu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “creu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Verb

creu
* third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

## Middle French
### Verb

creu
* past participle of croistre

## Old French
### Verb

creu
* past participle of croire

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾew/ [ˈkɾeʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾew/

### Verb

creu
* third-person singular preterite indicative of crer

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /kreɨ̯/
* (South Wales) IPA: /krei̯/
* Rhymes: -eɨ̯

### Verb

creu (first-person singular present creaf)
* (transitive) to create

#### Conjugation

| | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | impersonal | impersonal |
| | first | second | third | first | second | third | impersonal | impersonal |
| present indicative/future | creaf | crei | crea | crëwn | crëwch | creant | crëir |
| imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional | crëwn | creit | creai | creem | creech | creent | crëid |
| preterite | creais | creaist | creodd | creasom | creasoch | creasant | crëwyd |
| pluperfect | creaswn | creasit | creasai | creasem | creasech | creasent | creasid, creesid |
| present subjunctive | crëwyf | creych | creo | creom | creoch | creont | creer |
| imperative | — | crea | creed | crëwn | crëwch | creent | creer |
| verbal noun | creu | creu | creu | creu | creu | creu | creu |
| verbal adjectives | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy | creedig creadwy |
| Inflected colloquial forms | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| Inflected colloquial forms | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| future | crea i, creaf i | crei di | creith o/e/hi, creiff e/hi | crewn ni | crewch chi | crean nhw |
| conditional | crewn i, creswn i | creet ti, creset ti | creai fo/fe/hi, cresai fo/fe/hi | creen ni, cresen ni | creech chi, cresech chi | creen nhw, cresen nhw |
| preterite | creais i, crees i | creaist ti, creest ti | creodd o/e/hi | creon ni | creoch chi | creon nhw |
| imperative | — | crea | — | — | crewch | — |
| Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |||||||

#### Derived terms

* crëwr (“creator”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.